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The Wm. Davies Company

Limited

Pork and Beef Packers

Head Office . . . Toronto

J. W. FLAVELLE President

EDWARD ADIE Vice President

E. C. FOX General Manager

ALBERT F. PARK . . Secretary-Treasurek

Factories at

Toronto - Montreal - Harriston ^ NA/innipeg

75 Retail Stores at Toronto, Montreal and Ontario points

Introdudion

HE WILLIAM DAVIES COMPANY, LIMITED,

was founded in 1854 by Mr. William Davies,
Sr., for the purpose of exporting Hams and
Bacon to England. Later on, two retail stores

were established to provide certain necessitous outlets of
the products of the packinghouse. From this it has
gradually evolved so that its scale of operations to-day
extends in a wholesale way throughout the British Isles and
Canada, and in a retail way the Company is represented by
seventy-five provision stores located in Toronto, Montreal,
and most of the important Ontario cities and towns. The
packinghouses at Toronto and Montreal operate in each
place all the departments necessary and profitable to a
large, modern packinghouse.

Q The views contained in this booklet are not exhaustive,
but typical of similar operations in our Montreal house, and
in some cases in our NA/innipeg establishment. It is hoped
that these views will help to visualize the Company's
extensive operations in the minds of those who glance
through these pages.

The William Davies Company

Limited

Toronto, May 15th, 1915.

WAR YEAP.

A Souvenir from the Trenches in Flanders

COPY OF PORTION OF LETTER RECEIVED FROM PRIVATE
J W. MILLS, A MEMBER OF "B" COMPANY, TORONTO REGL
MENT, OF THE FIRST CANADIAN CONTINGENT, NOW ON
ACTIVE SERVICE, TO HIS BROTHEK, MR. R. B. MILLS, OF THE
WILLIAM DAVIES COMPANY, LIMITED, TORONTO.

""When we are in the trenches we make our own tea and
''cook our own bacon for breakfast. Besides these our
''rations consist of hard-tack biscuits, jam, and corned beef ,
"or 'bully beef as it is nicknamed. So far we have had the
"following varieties of the latter: Nelson Morris, Libby,
"Fray Bentos (Lemco) and Davies. The last two are the
"best — your firm^s product is ivithout doubt the finest of
"the lot. I have heard quite a number remarking on the
"superiority of the Toronto article. There is a nice jelly
"on the bottom, and the meat itself seems of a better class,
"more especially than the Chicago makes, which have a
"lot of fat, gristle, and tough pieces mixed up with the
"lean. So much for this, but I thought you might be
"interested in hearing of the satisfactory quality of the
"Davies' Corned Beef as supplied to His Majesty's forces
"on active service in Flanders.''

Toronto. — Head Office.

Government Veterinary Inspector at Work.
A hog held in the Inspector's retaining room
for further examination. Diseased portions
of all animals are destroyed.

In a Hog Chill Koom. Hogs hanging
ready for cutting up.

Hog-Cutting Department. — Cutting sides
for the export market.

Branding sides for the export market.

The Clearing House. — -All sides pass
through here for final inspection and
selection into their proper class.

Sides of bacon packed and ready for ship'
ment to England.

A Beef Cooler. — Montreal Branch.

A corner of the Beef Market. - Montreal
Branch.

Boning beef for the Canning Department.

M e a t'Canning Department. — Lacquering,
labelling and packing for shipment.

A corner of the Sausage Room.

Smoked Meat Department. — Wrapping
smoked meats for the Canadian trade.

Lard Department. In the Refinery.

Lard Department. — Running off into
packages.

Lard Compound Department. — Mixing
tanks and filter press.

Butter Department. — 56'pouncl blocks of
butter being cut into pound prints and
wrapped, all by machinery.

The Chemical Laboratory. A staff of
chemists are retained for testing and inves-
tigating.

Cold Storage Department. — In a sharp
Freezer — temperature 10 degrees below
zero.

A section of the City Shipping Department.

A part of the City Delivery Service.

Express Service. Two fivc'ton motor
trucks for rapid store delivery.

Artificial Refrigerating Service. — Toronto.

Retail Store System. Exterior view of
Queen Street Store.

Retail Store System. — General interior view
of Queen Street Store.

Retail Store System. — Fresh meat counter.
Queen Street Store.

Retail Store System. — This and the next
four pictures are typical interior views of
our retail stores.

Retail Store System.

Retail Store System. This and the next
two views are typical exteriors of our
retail stores.

Retail Store System.